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Discover your origins in old letters as ancestors tell their stories and reveal family relationships, past events, moments in time and details of family history. Add branches to your family tree as you search your ancestry and build your genealogy. http://pastvoices.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Lorine McGinnis Schulze)Blogger370125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9346401.post-1665786865571350451Fri, 12 Jul 2013 13:35:00 +00002013-07-12T06:35:11.466-07:00Civil WarCivil War LettersMaineCivil War Letter from James Carter of Pembroke Maine 1864
Civil War Soldier Maine Infantry
Here are excerpts from a letter James Carter sent to "Sister" Annie in 1864:
West PembrokeSep. 13/64
Sister Annie
Will’s family are all well. You do not seem to keep
posted in family affairs of your relations for Will’s family consists of
four children, on boy and three girls so it seems that little Louella,
three and a half years old, and Minnie Imogenehttp://pastvoices.blogspot.com/2013/07/civil-war-letter-from-james-carter-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lorine McGinnis Schulze)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9346401.post-2472756831724936853Sat, 29 Jun 2013 14:21:00 +00002013-06-29T07:21:00.113-07:00ConnecticutGarbaldi's GuardsKIANew YorkRiver RapidanThe WildernessLucius E. Bidwell Co. B, 14th Connecticut Infantry KIA at the Wilderness May 5 1864
Battlefield of The Wilderness
In camp on North side of Rapidan, Feb. 7, 1864
My Dear Mother—
Our Heavenly Father has again saved your son Lucius safely through
another battle and one of the worst kinds of a battle too. It was a
night fight. Yesterday morning about 5 o’clock we were routed out of our
beds with the orders to pack up and fall in. We took up our line of
march for the River http://pastvoices.blogspot.com/2013/06/lucius-e-bidwell-co-b-14th-connecticut.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lorine McGinnis Schulze)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9346401.post-7614644512872652589Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:49:00 +00002013-06-11T09:49:00.136-07:00Battle of ChancellorsvilleCamp BrooksCivil WarFredericksburgKIAOhioOhio InfantryKIA: 1863 Letter from Alvin Brown of Ohio Infantry
Removing wounded across Rappahannock River after battle of Chancellorsville http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.32812
Camp Brooks Station March the 15th, 1863
Dear Father--
I am well at present. I hope when these few lines reach you, they will find you the same.
I did not receive a letter from you for about three weeks. I wrote you a
letter to you a good while ago. I was waiting for an http://pastvoices.blogspot.com/2013/06/kia-1863-letter-from-alvin-brown-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lorine McGinnis Schulze)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9346401.post-4038611514683645162Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:00:00 +00002013-06-04T08:00:02.057-07:00Civil WarMilitaryNorth CarolinaSiege of Savannah1863 Letter Sergeant Neil A. Baker Company F, 50th North Carolina
Civil War Soldier, N.C. Regiment
Camp Near Goldsboro, North Carolina—February 1863
Dear Jane—
Having a good opportunity of sending you a few lines by N. T. Watson, I
embrace it. This leaves me in my usual health, hop[ing] this will reach
you and the babies enjoying the same blessing. Mr. Watson goes home on
furlough for 14 days also Jack Thomas and Sgt. John Godfrey. Again I am
actinghttp://pastvoices.blogspot.com/2013/06/1863-letter-sergeant-neil-baker-company.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lorine McGinnis Schulze)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9346401.post-3851822117738098259Fri, 31 May 2013 14:00:00 +00002013-05-31T07:00:09.432-07:00AlabamaC.S.A.Camp LeeCivil WarConfederatesMeaslesMilitaryVirginia1862 Letter From Confederate Soldier Andrew Jackson Bass in Camp Lee Virginia
Soldier
38th Alabama Infantry, C.S.A.
October 31, 1862 Camp Lee, near Richmond. Dear wife
it is with pleasure I seat my self down to inform you that I am not well
at this (time? ) [unreadable due to water damage] to be up I hope these
few (lines?) may reach you soon and find you and the children all well.
? I can say to you it would be more satisfaction to me to be at
home with you and http://pastvoices.blogspot.com/2013/05/1862-letter-from-confederate-soldier.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lorine McGinnis Schulze)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9346401.post-5379723566341096429Wed, 29 May 2013 17:30:00 +00002013-05-29T10:30:01.023-07:00ConnecticutPhillip Schlee CollectionLetter from Simeon Baldwin, New Haven, Connecticut, 1808
Sample Letter
Letter: New Haven Jany 4th 1808 Dear Sir I have this
day received yours of the 3d Inst wishing me to enquire more
particularly of Mr Wm Baldwin respecting the circumstances of your
brothers death. – You have indeed imposed upon me a painful task; but I
expected it, & duty requires however painful it may be to us both,
that I execute it faithfully. – A day or two preceeding http://pastvoices.blogspot.com/2013/05/letter-from-simeon-baldwin-new-haven.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lorine McGinnis Schulze)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9346401.post-3579464726852078144Mon, 27 May 2013 20:30:00 +00002013-05-27T13:30:00.931-07:00New YorkPhillip Schlee CollectionLetter to Alvah Bush, Albany New York, from her sister, M. M. Bush, Cooperstown, New York 1843
Sample letter
Cooperstown Oct 11th 1843.
My dear Annah,
Your’s of the 3d inst reached me by due course of mail, and I assure you
I read its interesting contents with a great deal of pleasure – I
intended to have answered it sooner but I have been prevented by one
thing or another until to-day. I am quite alone, Mother having left us
this morning for Utica, and Kate gas not yet returned from http://pastvoices.blogspot.com/2013/05/letter-to-alvah-bush-albany-new-york.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lorine McGinnis Schulze)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9346401.post-2225586182518913907Sat, 25 May 2013 20:00:00 +00002013-05-25T13:00:00.948-07:00Camp DouglasCivil WarCivil War LettersIllinoisSmallpoxTexas Republican1863 Civil War Letter from George B. Atkins to his father from Camp Douglas, Illinois
The Texas Republican
Marshall, Harrison County, Texas
Saturday, April 25, 1863
Camp Douglas
Chicago, Illinois
March 19, 1863
Dear Father
I write a letter to ARIE about a month ago, giving a statement of the
condition of our company. Since then there have been so many changes in
the prospects of nearly one half of us. When I wrote to Arie, there were
two dead, H. T. WALKER and W. C. FORD. http://pastvoices.blogspot.com/2013/05/1863-civil-war-letter-from-george-b.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lorine McGinnis Schulze)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9346401.post-2705279720649327376Thu, 23 May 2013 21:00:00 +00002013-05-23T14:00:06.687-07:00CalforniaCivil WarMissouriDr. B. B. Allen to Dr. Charles H. Carothers of Missouri February 19, 1869
An 1869 letter
Freeport Sacramento County California
February 19, 1869
Dr. C. H. Carothers—
Sir—I presume that you will be surprised by the receipt of this letter,
but I hope you will reply and I hope that this will be the commencement
of a long and friendly correspondence. I am well ‘posted’ about the
troubles in your country and rejoice when I reflect about the honor of
‘war’, and http://pastvoices.blogspot.com/2013/05/dr-b-b-allen-to-dr-charles-h-carothers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lorine McGinnis Schulze)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9346401.post-1789465607889655688Wed, 22 May 2013 01:31:00 +00002013-05-21T18:31:58.038-07:00CanadaCourceletteEnglandGermanyMilitaryRed CrossSoldierSommeWW1Betty Johnson of London to Hugh Walter Dickson in Rosemont Kansas 1917
15 Birley Rd
Whetstone Middlsex, No. 20
Nov. 29, 1917
My Dear Uncle Walter,
I am sorry I have been so long in answering your very welcome and
interesting letter First of all Jack returned to Canada on the 25th or
August this year to be discharged owing to wounds. He has had four
wounds, been passed. The last time wounded was in the capture of
Courcelette and advancing when a German http://pastvoices.blogspot.com/2013/05/betty-johnson-of-london-to-hugh-walter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Lorine McGinnis Schulze)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9346401.post-1388458426045607036Fri, 20 May 2011 12:53:00 +00002013-05-26T05:11:17.359-07:00Castle PinckneyCharlestonDeathsSouth CarolinaSteamship MaconCharleston 1830 Letter from Ann to her brother William M Reid
Castle Pinckney
1830 Stampless Letter from Charleston SC. Written by "Ann" to her brother William M Reid.
In Part...
"i now set down to address you a few lines. I intended writing you before this but was prevented. I have nothing but meloncholy new to relate to you, there have been several dreadful accidents lately. On Thursday 29th of July we had a severe squall accompanied by thunder andhttp://pastvoices.blogspot.com/2011/05/charleston-1830.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GeneaGal)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9346401.post-8069267904012367830Tue, 17 May 2011 13:01:00 +00002011-05-17T06:01:00.661-07:00HalifaxPlymouth CoountyHalifax MA Plymouth Co. 1750Handwritten legal document concerning the conveyance of property, from: "...Josiah Sturtevant of Hallifax in the county of Plymouth practitioner of physick...", dated at the bottom August 6th, 1750, with covered wax seals and signatures of both Josiah Sturtevant and Priscilla Sturtevant (see). Two witness signatures as well, one by Deborah Croate.http://pastvoices.blogspot.com/2011/05/halifax-ma-plymouth-co-1750.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GeneaGal)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9346401.post-1109674166311187317Mon, 09 May 2011 12:45:00 +00002011-05-09T05:45:00.142-07:00AddisonNew YorkNYSteuben CountyAddison Steuben Co. N.Y.Letter from Rev. A. H. [Parmelee], Addison, New York to Milton Badger D. D. N. York City, dated Feb 21, 1848.“The first Presbyterian Church of Addison Steuben Co. N.Y. is in a lumbering community & of its thirteen mail [sic] members all but two are more or less engaged in the lumber business. They are necessarily from home from one to twelve weeks at a time. In all communities where lumber is http://pastvoices.blogspot.com/2011/05/addison-steuben-co-ny.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GeneaGal)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9346401.post-4403777249900078547Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:54:00 +00002011-04-13T16:54:00.338-07:00CORTLAND VILLAGE N.Y. DEC 11, a 5 cents rate, and is addressed to Frederick Hyde, M.D., Geneva, Ontario co., NY and is a three page letter written by Elvira to 'Dear F'. Probably his wife. The dateline is Nov. 11th 1846, At Home.Some abstracts: "When I wrote you last I was quite agitated about school matters. Not feeling satisfied in my own mind as to what was best to do, I sent Caroline the nexthttp://pastvoices.blogspot.com/2011/04/cortland-village-n.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GeneaGal)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9346401.post-3205027854124018264Sat, 19 Feb 2011 01:52:00 +00002013-05-27T09:09:54.880-07:00Burnside n the MudCamp MassachusettsCivil WarMassachusetts InfantryPotomac CreekUnionUnion Civil War Soldier's Letter 1863
Potomac Creek Bridge ca 1861 to 1865
Union Civil War soldier's letter, dated Camp Massachusetts, Near Potomac Creek, Jan 28 1863, from Private George F. Stone, Company "D," 22nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, to his brother Perley
In part, "Here last night it began to rain, turning into snow ... a real 'Noth Easter' and now the mud and snow together are very deep and the possibility of http://pastvoices.blogspot.com/2011/02/union-civil-war-soldiers-letter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GeneaGal)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9346401.post-2655089060057394780Thu, 10 Feb 2011 21:56:00 +00002011-02-10T13:56:00.632-08:00PennsylvaniaQuarryvilleQuarryville, Pennsylvania,15 Letters Mailed to Teenager Joseph Denny of Quarryville, Pennsylvania Dated 1926 to 1929 Most Letters while Joseph was a Patient in Pennsylvania Hospital, in Philadelphia.These letters are: March 22, 1926. From Catharine Books of Quarryville, PA. Addressed to Joseph Denny at the Children's Hospital in Philadelphia. She is a classmate of Joseph Denny. Information about school and classmates. http://pastvoices.blogspot.com/2011/02/quarryville-pennsylvania.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GeneaGal)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9346401.post-6998171522254579457Sat, 05 Feb 2011 21:47:00 +00002011-02-05T13:47:00.358-08:00CubaHavanaHavana, Cuba, Jun 23 1806Havana, Cuba, Jun 23 1806, from Messrs. Gay & Bowen, to Charles Churchill, Newbern, North Carolina, with black Charleston/ SC, Jul 3 (1808),postmark The content reads, in part, as foillows, "We had the papers forwarded by you translated & attached to the process against the captors of the Schooner NELSON ... The officers of the [Cuban colonial] Government move slow, therefore you must wait with http://pastvoices.blogspot.com/2011/02/havana-cuba-jun-23-1806.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GeneaGal)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9346401.post-1731350585563664373Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:14:00 +00002011-01-31T13:14:00.709-08:00BaltimoreCivil WarMarylandUnion Civil War officer's letter dated Baltimore, Maryland, Oct 2 1864Union Civil War officer's letter dated Baltimore, Maryland, Oct 2 1864, from 1st LT James McMillan, Company "C," 141st New York Infantry Regiment, to Sergt. Daniel Chase, Company "A," 1st New York Veteran Cavalry, Camp Piatte, Kanawha Valley, West Virginia. The content, in part. Sunday is a very lonesome day here, Dan, so I thought best to scribble you a few lines ... I had a pretty serious time http://pastvoices.blogspot.com/2011/01/union-civil-war-officers-letter-dated.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GeneaGal)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9346401.post-2936369197251415622Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:48:00 +00002011-01-18T14:48:00.140-08:00US Naval Personnel Separation CenterUS Naval Personnel Separation Center 1946Letter posted Jun 21, 1946 Long Beach, from US Naval Personnel Separation Center, Lido Beach, Long Island, New York, June 18, 1946. It is to Mrs C. Dagavarian, 1809 51st St, Brooklyn. It is signed by Chaplain G A Webster, USNR. Webster is writing the mother of Harry O Dagavarian. He states the Navy has tried to prepare her son for re-entry to civilian life, but only she can help him with one http://pastvoices.blogspot.com/2011/01/us-naval-personnel-separation-center.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GeneaGal)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9346401.post-6055100370051549784Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:49:00 +00002011-01-12T13:49:01.023-08:00BrooklynNew York1843 Brooklyn New York letter install heat city jailLetter from David Anderson to James G Bergen, Fort Hamilton Post Office, Kings County, New York. Anderson writes that he has inspected the wing of the jail and range of the cells situated in the City of Brooklyn. He writes he will agree to manufacture proper hot water apparatus for each story of cell that will distribute a sufficient and healthful heat. It will consume only about half the fuelhttp://pastvoices.blogspot.com/2011/01/1843-brooklyn-new-york-letter-install.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GeneaGal)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9346401.post-2517379154751214540Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:26:00 +00002011-01-05T13:29:17.833-08:00Civil WarGalashielsKentuckyScotlandScottish Immigrant, Mr. George ThompsonCivil War letter from a Scottish immigrant, Mr. George Thompson, resident in Cincinnati, Ohio, to family in Galashiels, Scotland. Dated August 15th, 1863. Observation is made of the number of Union troops in the city, returning from the Battle of Vicksburg. In particular he mentions the presence of the 79th New York Volunteers, the famously self-styled "Cameron Highlanders" "yesterday morning http://pastvoices.blogspot.com/2011/01/scottish-immigrant-mr-george-thompson.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GeneaGal)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9346401.post-3347508517251045029Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:12:00 +00002010-12-06T15:12:00.709-08:00FlorenceKansasFlorence, Kansas 1886Letter handwritten by JOHN M. ARCHER of Florence, Kansas - KS and dated January 7, 1886. The letter was written to Reverend John W. Hancher. Archer must have replaced Hancher as the town preacher as he mentions the town is struggling to pay him. He also states that Florence is a queer city in church matters. He tells Hancher that he has many friends but he's concerned about the chuch wanting to http://pastvoices.blogspot.com/2010/12/florence-kansas-1886.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GeneaGal)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9346401.post-7310165348067614375Sat, 04 Dec 2010 23:06:00 +00002010-12-04T15:06:00.471-08:00Eagle HarborNew YorkSarah Ann Eddy of Eagle Harbor New York“May 21st, 1870?Mother,I am sorry to hear of Emily’s feeling badly. If I could see her a little while I could tell her how bad I had felt……Since my treatment by the lady Dr. I feel so different in every way and my back is much stronger and I used to feel a bad feeling in the lower part of my bowels as though something was loose or pulling down. Can not express it in any other way. I feel many http://pastvoices.blogspot.com/2010/12/sarah-ann-eddy-of-eagle-harbor-new-york.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GeneaGal)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9346401.post-4641253556961590265Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:55:00 +00002013-05-27T09:18:32.530-07:00AfricaD-DayFranceItalyKIAMichiganTunisian CampaignWWIIKIA Private Julius J. Bardoni WW2 Letters
Find A Grave Memorial# 56371053
World War II correspondence from Private Julius J. Bardoni, Wyandotte, Michigan, 1941 - 1944.
Some excerpts:
"This place they call 'sunny Italy' brrr, it's cold as ---- in the mountains and when you do get down it's always raining.... I've been overseas for fourteen months, seen action in Africa, Sicily, and now Italy while those slackers are still in the http://pastvoices.blogspot.com/2010/12/private-julius-j-bardoni-ww2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GeneaGal)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9346401.post-1402736911326426864Tue, 30 Nov 2010 22:48:00 +00002010-11-30T14:48:00.049-08:00CheyenneWyoming TerritoryCheyenne, Wyoming Territory 1879Very interesting letter from, a man with his brother, who were locked up in a Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, jail dated Apr 17 1879, to a Mr. Allen, with content, which reads in part, as follows, I was glad to hear from you. I am very much obliged to you for the recommendation, which I think will do me considerable good. I received some papers, which I am very much obliged for. If you see Mr. http://pastvoices.blogspot.com/2010/11/cheyenne-wyoming-territory-1879.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (GeneaGal)